Numbers not adding up for Blackhawks' leaders
The three players with letters sewn to their Blackhawks sweaters have big contract numbers attached to their names. The numbers put up this season by captain Jonathan Toews and alternate captains...
View ArticleStorm watch: 10 inches of snow or more Thursday into Friday, morning commute...
A storm developing over the Canadian Rockies could dump more than 10 inches of snow on the Chicago area starting Thursday evening and continuing most of the day Friday. The National Weather Service...
View ArticleDespite Trump attacks, nearly 11.8M enroll for Obamacare in 2018
Call it the political equivalent of a death-defying escape: former President Barack Obama's health care law pulled in nearly 11.8 million customers for 2018, despite the Republican campaign to erase...
View ArticleTrudeau careful not to offend Trump during pro-NAFTA talk in Chicago
President Donald Trump may not be especially popular with Canadians, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau charmed an audience of American students at the University of Chicago on Wednesday night...
View ArticleCongress plans to avoid shutdown with budget vote
The Republican-led Congress is set to vote Thursday on a two-year budget deal that would include massive increases in military and domestic spending programs, reflecting an ideological shift for a...
View ArticlePolice ask for help finding man missing from Calumet Park
Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man who disappeared late last week from south suburban Calumet Park. Gregory Burnett, 44, was last seen Friday in the area of 1400 W. 127th St. in...
View ArticleRauner denies clemency to green card-holding veteran facing deportation
Gov. Bruce Rauner has denied clemency for an Army veteran and green card holder with a felony drug conviction, according to both the man’s lawyer and his mother, who said she got the news in a letter...
View ArticleCedar Lake man guilty in 3 fatal stabbings at Sumava Resorts home, jury finds
A Newton County jury found a Cedar Lake man guilty of murder and other charges Wednesday for his role in an August 2016 triple homicide at Sumava Resorts. Jurors deliberated about three hours before...
View ArticleTop White House aide resigns after allegations of spousal abuse
One of President Donald Trump's top White House aides resigned Wednesday following allegations of domestic abuse leveled against him by his two ex-wives. Staff secretary Rob Porter said in a written...
View ArticleEyes ahead: Mount Carmel seniors, former coach Frank Lenti look to future
Like similar events around the country, Mount Carmel's signing day ceremony on Tuesday featured plenty of photos, hugs and talk of farewells. But it wasn't just the eight athletes from football,...
View ArticleFBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey
The day in July 2016 that FBI Director James Comey defended to Congress the bureau's decision in the Hillary Clinton email probe, two FBI officials traded admiring texts about his verbal dexterity —...
View ArticleSouth suburban schools, libraries close due to storm
Many south and southwest suburban schools and some libraries announced they will be closed Friday in anticipation of a significant winter storm. Chicago Public Schools also announced its schools would...
View ArticlePennsylvania's top court delivers scathing indictment of political...
This week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court released a 139-page opinion detailing why it rejected the state's Republican-drawn congressional districts for "clearly, plainly, and palpably" violating the...
View ArticleRauner won't give 'another nickel' to former ally Illinois Policy Institute
In another sign of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fraying relationship with the more conservative wing of his party, the governor on Thursday vowed not to give “another nickel” of support to a...
View ArticleDCFS worker beaten while taking child into protective custody last year has...
An Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employee beaten last fall while she tried to take a child into protective custody has died, officials said Thursday. Pamela Knight, 59, of Dixon,...
View ArticleElgin area braces for giant snowfall as schools close, plows ready
As the Elgin area readied for the area's biggest snowstorm so far this year, city officials reminded people late Thursday of precautions they should take. Elgin-area U46 canceled school Friday in...
View ArticleNorthwestern journalism professor accused of misconduct takes leave of absence
A Northwestern University journalism professor accused of misconduct by former students and employees this week is taking a leave of absence from the university, school officials said Thursday. Alec...
View ArticleBe thankful for all Jimmy Butler did for Bulls — and that they're better off...
When Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler is introduced Friday night at the United Center, thank him loudly for the way he worked his way from the end of the Bulls’ bench to top-15 status among NBA...
View ArticleShovel your neighbor's sidewalk, push out a stuck car, and don't whine: How...
Even the most brutal snowfall can bring out the best in people. Take the neighbor who, unknown to me, cleared the snow off my car the other morning so that when I went outside, running late, cursing...
View ArticleCPS cancels Friday classes as city braces for snowstorm expected to dump up...
A powerful winter storm that could bring up to 14 inches of snow to some areas was bearing down on Chicago and the suburbs late Thursday, leading city and transportation officials from around the...
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